Otsuka Counts The Cost Of Alzheimer’s Agitation Fail

The group will take a $770m impairment charge thanks to the Phase III failure of AVP-786 – but further trials continue.  

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Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. currently has the only therapy on the market for agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, but its attempt to advance another therapy as a back-up has faltered.

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